EVERTS LEADS YAMAHA TO MANUFACTURER''S TITLE
18 September 2005 - Yamaha Racing

World Champion Stefan Everts won his eighth Grand Prix, his third from the last four races, the second in succession and fourth double moto haul of the season at Desert Martin this afternoon for the seventeenth and last round of the 2005 FIM MX1 Motocross World Championship.

After securing the Motocross GP world championship in the Netherlands two weeks ago and having entered the record books for winning his ninth world title, the Belgian star also helped Yamaha taking the MX1 manufacturers title in Ireland. Yamaha takes the 2005 constructor''s crown with seven points over second-placed Honda and 26 points over KTM.

The 32-year old gave a demonstration at a cold and windy event in Northern Ireland and ruled both 35 minute and 2 lap races ahead of Ben Townley and Josh Coppins. The YZ450FM mounted Belgian took his time to size-up and overtake Coppins for the lead in the first moto and then withheld a strong challenge from Townley in the last third of the duration, passing the chequered flag less than a second ahead of the works KTM rider. In the second race he wowed the 8,000 spectators packed in and around the hilly, sandy and very rough course by closing down an eight second margin to Townley and sweeping past for another bagful of 25 points. Everts'' speed, form and mastery of the technical terrain was a joy to watch.

Brian Jorgensen ended an unhappy season with 10th position overall after a bad start and ailing motor caused him to crash in the first moto ending up with 13th. The Dane was riding in some discomfort after a hefty fall during practice yesterday and damaged his ribs in the race 1 spill. He then grabbed tenth place in the second sprint.

Everts won his fifth consecutive World Championship (two 500cc, one MXGP and two MX1 titles) a fortnight ago. The Monaco resident was able to re-polish his crown thanks to eight overall wins from seventeen and fourteen moto victories from a possible thirty-four. Jorgensen celebrated a moto success at Namur and contributed to Yamaha''s manufacturer''s title.

Both Yamaha L&M Motocross Team riders will now prepare to represent their countries at Ernee, France next week for the 59th Motocross of Nations.

Stefan Everts (Yamaha L&M Motocross Team) - overall winner
''I still like to ride my bike! Today the track was pretty good. It was tricky but the rougher the better for me and I was able to be at my best in the second moto when it was more difficult. Ben was pulling away but it was not possible for him to make that same pace the whole race. In the beginning I tried to set a good rhythm and when I saw that he was slowing down a little I knew it was the right time to attack. As soon as I passed him I pushed as hard as I could for four or five laps and the race was won. I enjoyed the GP and I had a good weekend. My condition was good towards the end of the season and this helped me mentally. It has been a hard year with a few mistakes but it came good towards the end and I proved that I have been a good champion this season.''

Brian Jorgensen (Yamaha L&M Motocross Team) - 10th overall
''I felt really sore after the first race because of a big crash yesterday. I hit and compressed my neck and in the first moto I bashed my ribs; not so good! I came back to thirteenth which was OK considering. In the second race my start was not fantastic and I had to come back from seventeenth to tenth; it was not anything spectacular and I was riding consistent. I was making the speed I felt I could do and trying to stay on the bike otherwise I would not have been able to get out of the bed tomorrow! It has been quite tough this year with some concussions and big crashes. I would prefer to try and forget the results of this season and start to build for 2006.''

Race classification MX1

Round: 17 - Grand Prix of Ireland
Circuit: Desert Martin
Race: 22 Laps
Pos. Rider Manufacturer Nat. Total Time
1 S. Everts Yamaha BEL 39'' 13.384
2 B. Townley KTM NZL +0.897
3 J. Coppins Honda NZL +18.587
4 T. Leok Kawasaki EST +26.394
5 M. Pichon Honda FRA +30.909
6 S. Ramon KTM BEL +39.379
7 K. Strijbos Suzuki BEL +42.652
8 J. Barragan KTM ESP +58.354
9 J. Noble Honda GBR +58.524
10 K. De Dijcker Honda BEL +1'' 36.829
11 A. Pyrhonen TM FIN +1'' 40.056
12 D. Theybers Suzuki BEL +1'' 41.796
13 B. Jorgensen Yamaha DNK +1'' 42.890
14 K. Gundersen KTM NOR +1 lap(s)
15 M. Priem Yamaha BEL +1 lap(s)
16 T. De Belder Suzuki +1 lap(s)
17 N. Bradshaw Suzuki RSA +1 lap(s)
18 L. Freibergs Suzuki LVA +1 lap(s)
19 M. Barr Yamaha GBR +1 lap(s)
20 G. Crockard Yamaha IRL +1 lap(s)

Race 2: 22 Laps
Pos. Rider Manufacturer Nat. Total Time
1 S. Everts Yamaha BEL 39'' 59.247
2 B. Townley KTM NZL +21.015
3 S. Ramon KTM BEL +39.814
4 J. Coppins Honda NZL +40.370
5 K. Strijbos Suzuki BEL +45.994
6 J. Barragan KTM ESP +50.080
7 M. Pichon Honda FRA +1'' 6.716
8 T. Leok Kawasaki EST +1'' 8.615
9 M. Priem Yamaha BEL +1'' 18.043
10 B. Jorgensen Yamaha DNK +1'' 19.435
11 P. Leuret Honda FRA +1'' 39.383
12 Y. Atsuta Suzuki JPN +1 lap(s)
13 J. Noble Honda GBR +1 lap(s)
14 D. Theybers Suzuki BEL +1 lap(s)
15 M. Kovalainen Aprilia FIN +1 lap(s)
16 N. Bradshaw Suzuki RSA +1 lap(s)
17 A. Gelazninkas Honda +1 lap(s)
18 L. Freibergs Suzuki LVA +1 lap(s)
19 M. Barr Yamaha GBR +1 lap(s)
20 B. Mackenzie Kawasaki GBR +1 lap(s)

Championship standings MX1
Pos. Rider Manufacturer Nat. Points
1 Stefan Everts Yamaha BEL 721
2 Joshua Coppins Honda NZL 652
3 Ben Townley KTM NZL 589
4 Steve Ramon KTM BEL 500
5 Mickael Pichon Honda FRA 476
6 Joel Smets Suzuki BEL 385
7 Jonathan Barragan KTM ESP 312
8 Pascal Leuret Honda FRA 306
9 Ken De Dijcker Honda BEL 303
10 James Noble Honda GBR 302
11 Tanel Leok Kawasaki EST 299
12 Danny Theybers Suzuki BEL 283
13 Brian Jorgensen Yamaha DNK 281
14 Yoshitaka Atsuta Suzuki JPN 218
15 Antti Olavi Pyrhonen TM FIN 216
16 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 203
17 Manuel Priem Yamaha BEL 161
18 Marvin Van Daele Honda BEL 158
19 Paul Cooper Honda GBR 156
20 Luigi Seguy Yamaha FRA 133
26 Claudio Federici Yamaha ITA 39


Manufacturers standings MX1
Pos. Manufacturer Points
1 Yamaha 374
2 Honda 362
3 KTM 345
4 Suzuki 281
5 Kawasaki 152
6 TM 107
7 Husqvarna 27


MX2 : Yamaha claims final top three in MX2

Round: 17 - Grand Prix of Ireland
Circuit: Desert Martin
Date: 17 September 2005
Crowd: 8000
Temp: 23ºC
Weather: Changeable

Ricci Racing team mates Andrew McFarlane and Alessio Chiodi confirmed the top three finish for Yamaha in the MX2 Motocross World Championship this afternoon when they captured respectively seventh and fourth place overall at Desert Martin for the final round of the 2005 FIM series.

Australia''s McFarlane secured his MX2 runner up title, battling to seventh and eleventh positions on a very rough and technical sandy terrain in Northern Ireland. After three DNFs in the last four motos McFarlane posted enough points on the board to beat team-mate Alessio Chiodi for the second overall position in the Championship before announcing his departure to ride for the American Yamaha of Troy team in 2006.

Triple World Champion Chiodi was Yamaha''s highest placed representative in a Grand Prix that was dominated by KTM riders (Tyla Rattray taking his third consecutive success and flanked by Marc de Reuver and Aigar Leok on the podium). The Italian was fourth overall after using his experience on the difficult terrain to score eleventh and sixth in the two motos and weathering a frantic mix of position changes as his peers made mistakes, fell and retaliated.

Newly crowned MX2 World Champion Antonio Cairoli was riding with a cracked scaphoid in his left wrist and took a brave 5th position in the first moto after a race-long duel with countryman David Philippaerts (KTM). The teenager has not been able to ride since securing the title in Holland two weeks ago but still managed to hold Aigar Leok at bay for second position in moto 2 until being forced to pit with a damaged gear lever that dropped him down the order to 19th. Before this race it was announced that world champion Cairoli will be joined by the promising Matteo Bonini (born 20/09/1985) in the 2006 line up of Team Yamaha De Carli.

Yamaha UK Racing Team''s Billy Mackenzie confirmed sixth position in the World Championship with sixth place overall in front of a crowd of nearly 8,000 spectators.

It has been a landmark season for Yamaha in the MX2 class with the manufacturer''s crown complimenting their first rider''s World Championship of the new millennium. The YZ250F has proved to be the superior machine in the category by claiming 11 from 17 Grand Prix and 21 motos from 34 in the hands of five different riders.

Antonio Cairoli (Team Yamaha De Carli) - tenth overall
''This GP was not good for me because I have a big problem with my wrist, and because I have not been training for two weeks it is hard on this terrain because there are many bumps. I started OK in the first heat but felt tired after a little while. I lost a lot of time with Philippearts, and Rattray and de Reuver had escaped. In the second race I was first and for twenty minutes I was OK. I was riding well but had no energy and my hand was hurting. I came together with one rider and I bent the gear lever so I needed to stop in the pit to get it fixed. The moto was good for training in preparation for the Nations.''

Andrew McFarlane (Ricci Racing) - seventh overall
''It is my last GP and I wanted to finish on a good note because I will go to America next year. We had problems in the last three or four GPs and overall it was not acceptable. I am disappointed that we had to fight all weekend for me to finish the race and second in the World Championship. I wanted to be fighting for the title to the end. Second place is not too bad however and now I am looking to the new challenge.''

Alessio Chiodi (Ricci Racing) - fourth overall
''Fourth is not so bad. It has been a long season and I have felt quite tired in the last two GPs. Finally I have taken third overall and that is better than last year. Today I did not enjoy the races. The track was nice but it was difficult to keep a good rhythm. In some parts I was riding very tight and I did not take the risk of losing any points.''

The unfortunate Cédric Melotte (Yamaha L&M Motocross Team) saw his 2005 MX2 campaign come to an abrupt end after braking the radius on his left hand in Gaildorf. Melotte had already been struggling for most of the season with his left hand after injuring the wrist during the Portuguese GP early on. In order to prepare for 2006, when he will return to the MX1 class with the Yamaha factory Motocross Team, Cédric underwent surgery on Friday. The objective of the operation was to reconstruct the broken ligaments in his wrist. The likeable Belgian said afterwards: ''Everything went fine, they put in a plate and screws to let everything heal properly. This plate will be replaced by another one later, but in the meantime I will try to maintain my fitness as much as possible and the goal is to be back on the bike by mid-December when the second plate has been removed.''

Race classification MX2
Round: 17 - Grand Prix of Ireland
Circuit: Desert Martin
Race: 22 Laps
Pos. Rider Manufacturer Nat. Total Time
1 M. De Reuver KTM NED 39'' 6.110
2 T. Rattray KTM RSA +11.570
3 M. Alessi KTM USA +22.236
4 D. Philippaerts KTM ITA +26.857
5 A. Cairoli Yamaha ITA +29.629
6 A. Leok KTM EST +31.212
7 A. McFarlane Yamaha AUS +34.476
8 B. MacKenzie Yamaha GBR +48.654
9 C. Pourcel Kawasaki FRA +52.432
10 C. Nunn KTM GBR +59.950
11 A. Chiodi Yamaha ITA +1'' 15.477
12 S. Pourcel Kawasaki FRA +1'' 24.967
13 J. Alessi KTM USA +1'' 26.141
14 T. Searle Suzuki GBR +1'' 27.620
15 D. Guarneri Yamaha ITA +1'' 39.411
16 R. Goncalves Yamaha POR +1'' 40.046
17 W. Smith Honda GBR +1'' 41.085
18 M. Nagl KTM GER +1 lap(s)
19 G. Swanepoel Kawasaki RSA +1 lap(s)
20 W. Avis Honda RSA +1 lap(s)

Race 2: 22 Laps
Pos. Rider Manufacturer Nat. Total Time
1 T. Rattray KTM RSA 40'' 27.510
2 A. Leok KTM EST +8.834
3 M. De Reuver KTM NED +22.649
4 G. Swanepoel Kawasaki RSA +36.211
5 J. Alessi KTM USA +48.550
6 A. Chiodi Yamaha ITA +49.799
7 M. Nagl KTM GER +53.746
8 M. Seistola Honda FIN +56.340
9 P.A.. Renet Yamaha FRA +57.210
10 B. MacKenzie Yamaha GBR +1'' 5.796
11 A. McFarlane Yamaha AUS +1'' 5.874
12 A. Boissiere Yamaha FRA +1'' 11.790
13 R. Goncalves Yamaha POR +1'' 13.492
14 W. Smith Honda GBR +1'' 14.229
15 C. Campano KTM ESP +1'' 30.633
16 G. Strik KTM NED +1'' 38.397
17 M. Alessi KTM USA +1'' 42.463
18 T. Searle Suzuki GBR +1 lap(s)
19 A. Cairoli Yamaha ITA +1 lap(s)
20 C. Pourcel Kawasaki FRA +1 lap(s)

Championship standings MX2
Pos. Rider Manufacturer Nat. Points
1 Antonio Cairoli Yamaha ITA 567
2 Andrew McFarlane Yamaha AUS 518
3 Alessio Chiodi Yamaha ITA 504
4 David Philippaerts KTM ITA 468
5 Christophe Pourcel Kawasaki FRA 372
6 Billy MacKenzie Yamaha GBR 356
7 Cedric Melotte Yamaha BEL 352
8 Carl Nunn KTM GBR 343
9 Stephen Sword Kawasaki GBR 310
10 Rui Goncalves Yamaha POR 301
11 Davide Guarneri Yamaha ITA 288
12 Mickael Maschio Yamaha FRA 277
13 Anthony Boissiere Yamaha FRA 245
14 Patrick Caps Honda BEL 245
15 Tyla Rattray KTM RSA 226
16 Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 194
17 Aigar Leok KTM EST 191
18 Matteo Bonini Honda ITA 184
19 Manuel Monni KTM ITA 139
20 Marc De Reuver KTM NED 134

Manufacturers standings MX2
Pos. Manufacturer Points
1 Yamaha 397
2 KTM 333
3 Kawasaki 294
4 Honda 194
5 Suzuki 20

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